Count Rumford: Physicist extraordinary
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Westport, Conn.
Greenwood Press
1979
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| Series: | Science studies series
28. |
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| Physical Description: | XV, 178 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0313207720 |
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Contents
The Science Study Series . . ix
Preface . xi
1. Colonial Boyhood. i
Apprenticeship. First Experiments.
2. Country Gentleman of Concord, N.H. 9
An Auspicious Marriage. Major Thompson’s
Duties.
3. Tory Spy. 17
Invisible Ink. Thompson Flees the Country.
4. A Comfortable Life in London . 23
Thompson Resumes His Scientific Research.
A Cruise with Admiral Hardy’s Fleet. The
Practical Side of Physics. The LaMotte Spy
Case.
5. Officer of the Dragoons. 33
The Economics of Raising a Regiment. Two
Skirmishes.
6. A Soldier of Fortune in Bavaria . 37
Two Influential Contacts. Sir Benjamin.
Bavarian Colonel.
XIV CONTENTS
7. Court Life and Research.
Thermal Conductivity of Cloth. Thomp-
son's Discovery of Convection Currents.
8. Thompson as a Social Reformer . . .
A Scheme to Put Beggars to Work. Life in
the Workhouse.
9. A Scientific Approach to Nutrition . .
Maximum Nutrition at Minimum Cost.
How to Make a "Rumford Soup.”
10. The Versatile Inventor.
Munich's English Garden. The Economics
of the Kitchen. Measuring the Intensity
of Light: Rumford’s Photometer. Improved
Lamps.
11. Sir Benjamin Becomes Count Rumford
A Spectacular Rise to Power. Count of the
Holy Roman Empire.
12. Contributions to the Theory of Heat
The Caloric Theory. The Cannon-Boring
Experiments. Significance of Rumford’s
Contributions. Further Experiments De-
signed to Disprove the Caloric Theory.
Freezing and Contraction of Water.
13. Success in England and Bavaria . . .
Essay on the Improvement of Fireplaces.
The Rumford Prizes. A Military "Battle”
and Promotion to General. Invention of a
Portable Field Stove.
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CONTENTS
XV
14. Rumfords Attempt to Return to
America.121
Proposal to Establish a U.S. Military
Academy. Rumford Declines.
15. The Royal Institution of Great Britain 127
Public Support of Rumford’s Plan. The
Arrival of Young Humphry Davy. James
Watt Protests. Return to the Continent.
16. The Courtship of Madame Lavoisier . . 141
17. Disharmony: Legal and Marital . . . 145
Rumford Designs a Lamp. Involved in a
Lawsuit. Marital Discord.
18. Practical Science.153
Lighting Improvements. Steam Heat.
19. Last Works.159
A Drip Coffeepot. Cuvier’s Eulogy.
Conclusion.165
Appendix .167
Bibliography.169
Index.173 |
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